Casket-handle



H. W. HODGETTS.

CASKET HANDLE.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 30. "1919.

Patented June 8, 1920.

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ATTORNEY.

I To all whom it may concern UNITED ST T HAROLD w. nonenr'rs; or, SPRINGFIELD,

ATE fr MassAcHUs rrs'AssIG voa To LEON HARLEY, JR, or SPRINGFIELD, MAssAcH sErTs.

CASKET-HANDLE.

Application filed June 30,

Be it known that I, HAROLD W. Honen'r'rs, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at SpringfieldQinthe county of Hampden and Commonwealth of lMassachusetts, have invented certainnew and useful Improvements in Casket-Handles, of which the following as a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in the construction of casket handles, in which the handle or bar portion is pivotally secured to a pair of plates that are secured to the side of the casket, usually by means of screws. M

The primary obj ectof my invention is to provide suitable means forrigidly securing the usual tubular bar against lateral movement in the socket portion of the arms that r are pivotally connected to 'the attaching plates on the side of the casket. At the present time it is usual to secure the bar to the sockets by means of a single screw.

'7 This is objectionable as it does not eliminate the relative movement between the bar and the socket and results in lateral movements of the bar and arm causing an unsightly appearance. It has also been the practice to drive nails or staples throughthe soft metal of the socket and into the space between one wall of the socket and the opposite portion of the wall of the bar. 7

My present invention resides broadly in stamping or crimping a portion of the reinthe line 22 of Fig. 1 showing the usual tubular handle bar proper which is composed of thin metal, the reinforcing piece before crimping or bending the metal surrounding the perforated portion of the plate.

Fig.3 is a View similar to Fig. 2, but showing the reinforcing piece of the arm crimped or bent inward against the side of the bar.

Specification ofLetters Patent. I Patented June 8 1920.

1919.- Serial No 307,724..

Fig. 4 shows a slight modificationin whlch the reinforcing pieceof the arm instead of being bent inward against the side 7 of the bar, is crimped or'bent laterally in order .to shorten its length appear.

' Fig. 5 1s a transverse as will more fully:

sectional view on the'line 5-5 of Fig. 4.

Referring to the drawings in detail, 1, designatesthe tubular bar'which is" located in and passes through" the pivotal socket portion 2 of the arms 3, which are pivotally connected to the attaching plates 4 by means of the pins indicated at 5. Located in 'ea'ch' of the arms 3 is theperforatedreinforcing plate 6 which comprises the 'rectangular opening 7 transverse to the plane thereof and through which the usual metallic tubular bar 1 passes. The plate 6 is secured in same as shown in Fig 5 at 3" whereby these plates are permanently retained in position the arms 3 by flowing the metal around the in the arms 2. As shown in Fig. 3, the side I 6 which forms one side of the opening is bent or. permanently crimped inward against the wall of the metal tubing composing the bar 1. thin metal of the tubing inward against the This crimped part forcibly drives the wooden block 7 which fills the interior of the bar 1, whereby the bar is prevented from slipping endwise through the openings in the plate'6, or in other words, it is frictionally held in place within the openings which pass though the plates 60f the arms 3. The upper edge of the plate 6 isindicated at 6 V The position of the lower edge of the plate 6 is spaced from the arms 3 as shown at'2. The effect'of bending this part ofthe plate 6' inward is to shorten the distance between the pivot 5 and the endof the plate. Should it be desired to remove the handle, it is only 7 necessary to pry or lift the crimped part 6 of the plate 6, away from the tubular bar 1. The plate 6 is understood as being fixed at its ends in the arm 3.

Fig. 2 shows the relation of the plate 6 and the side 6" to the bar 1 before the side is crimped or bent inward. Fig. 4 shows a slight modification in which that portion of the plate 6 surrounding the opening 7-, in-

stead of being bent inward as shown in Fig.

3, is twisted or curved sidewise, thereby shortening the distance between the-end 6 and the pivot 5. In order to loosen the tubular bar 1, the crimped part 6 is straightenedout as, shown by the dotted lines 6 It will be seen' that the tubular bar 1- is rigidly secured in place by simply bending or crlmplng one side of'the plate 6 surrounding the opening 7 in order to forcethe metal at that slde of the opening in the plate against the tubular bar. "The operation of securing-the tubular bar in the open ings of the bar 1 takes place after the bar 1 has been adjusted longitudinally in the openings of th'e arms 2.

It is to be understood that the term plate refers particularly to the part 6 which performs the firpose of a rib or strengthening element.

What I claim is:

1.' In a casket handle construction,' the combination with the tubular barthereof, of a hanger arm, aflat one-piece rib or plate 1 having anopening therethrough and secured to the arm and having integral and bendable portions surrounding the opening I 7 versely of the opening, whereby the bar is through which the bar passes, said plate having one of its sides which surrounds the opening bent directly inward against the bar and with a permanent set, and trans frictionally retained against movement in the arm and relative to the rib or plate.

2. In a casket handle constructionfor se- 3o curing the bar in place, the combination with the arm thereof, through which the usual metal tubular bar passes, of aflat one piece plate located in the arm and formed with an opening through the plane of the same and in which opening said bar is located, said 7 bar belng retained in a fixed posltion relative to the arm by crimping or forcing a' part of the plate surrounding the opening against the metal tubular bar, whereby the bar and plate are held in frictional engagement with each other, as described.

In a casket handle constructionforl se- I curing the bar inlplace, the combination metal of the platesurrounding the opening :in opposite directlons, whereby the bar, is

efrictionally held in place in the plate,

HAROLD wnonenrrs 1 

